Please avoid representing a toilet as suitable for disposal of
pharmaceuticals[1]. Drugs and chemicals are best kept of the ecosystem,
and certainly downstream drinking water supplies[2].
Peter Jacobsen
4730 Monterey Way
Sacramento, California 95822
916-456-8645 (h)
[1] Heller RF, Buchan I, et al. Communicating risks at the population
level: application of population impact numbers. BMJ 2003;327:1162–5.
[2] Levin RB, Epstein PR, et al. U.S. Drinking Water Challenges in
the Twenty-First Century. Environmental Health Perspectives 2002;110(suppl
1):43–52.
Competing interests:
I work for an urban water supplier. These comments are my own.
Rapid Response:
Please, not the toilet
Please avoid representing a toilet as suitable for disposal of
pharmaceuticals[1]. Drugs and chemicals are best kept of the ecosystem,
and certainly downstream drinking water supplies[2].
Peter Jacobsen
4730 Monterey Way
Sacramento, California 95822
916-456-8645 (h)
[1] Heller RF, Buchan I, et al. Communicating risks at the population
level: application of population impact numbers. BMJ 2003;327:1162–5.
[2] Levin RB, Epstein PR, et al. U.S. Drinking Water Challenges in
the Twenty-First Century. Environmental Health Perspectives 2002;110(suppl
1):43–52.
Competing interests:
I work for an urban water supplier. These comments are my own.
Competing interests: No competing interests